Looking ahead: A class of antibiotics may help treat common form of dementiaFrontotemporal dementia, the most common type of the syndrome, begins between ages 40 and 65.
Antibiotic resistance in food-animals growingIndia, long associated with the spread of superbug New Delhi metallo-beta lactamase-1 and extensively drug-resistance tuberculosis, has now...
Combiflam, D Cold and Cetrizine among 60 drugs marked 'substandard' in quality testSpecific batches of 60 drugs find mention in CDSCO's bulletin which describes these drugs as "not of standard quality/spurious/adulterated/...
Over 1 million children under 5 die in India every year: GovernmentHe said the government has initiated an SMS based electronic vaccine intelligence network (e-VIN) to enable real time monitoring of vaccine...
Antibiotics found in Yamuna water samples: GovtAntibiotics was found in Yamuna's water samples during tests conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Lok Sabha wa...
Proposal to revive Hindustan Antibiotics being considered:GovernmentHAL, country's first public sector undertaking in the pharmaceutical sector, has been facing severe financial crunch for quite some time no...
- Government to ban over-the-counter sale of 92 antibiotics
Over-the-counter sale of around 92 antibiotic and anti-tuberculosis drugs will be clamped down in India soon.
- New drug policy to curb misuse of antibiotics
A formal proposal to create India’s first ever antibiotic policy will be submitted to the Union health ministry soon.
- Tweaking inputs no ground for raising drug prices: NPPA
The drug price regulator has ruled that pharma companies cannot unilaterally increase prices of medicines that are under price control by m...